- Time Series Best Practices
- December 19, 2022
Producing statistically robust results with univariate time-series data requires following a few best practices and methodologies. Many programming languages such as R, MATLAB and Python include packages which allow the end user to employ a variety of statistical tests, nullifying the need to write...
- Quality of Earnings (Part 2)
- November 22, 2022
We got an idea of what is a Quality of Earnings (“QoE”) analysis, the procedures performed for such analysis, and the purposes & types of adjustments, in our Quality of Earnings Part 1 blog (Quality of Earnings – Part 1). With these basic concepts...
- TMA’s 34th Annual Conference
- November 3, 2022
- November 1, 2022 - November 3, 2022
Event Description: The TMA’s 34th Annual Conference is taking place in Boston, MA from November 1-3. The annual conference is a professionally diverse platform in the corporate restructuring, renewal, and corporate space. Sapling is delighted to announce the sponsorship of this event, and is...
- Reusable LBO Model
- November 2, 2022
A private equity firm based in the US contacted Sapling to generate a custom LBO model template, which could be reused over the course of a few years. Given the small size of the firm, the company wanted the model so they did not have...
- 2022 Lapham Grant Cup
- October 30, 2022
- October 28, 2022 - October 30, 2022
Event Description Sapling is proud to be sponsoring the 2022 Lapham Grant Cup! This year remarkably marks the 100th playing of the Lapham and consequently this year’s competition will be a 3 day celebration involving nearly 160 enthusiastic squash players from all across North...
- Quality of Earnings (Part 1)
- October 27, 2022
Often small businesses have ample of accounting anomalies such as personal expenses recorded in the books, cash basis of accounting, multiple one-time expenses, inaccurate assumptions, and so on. Quality of Earnings (“QoE”) reports help break down the components of financial statements and gives a...
- Cumulative EBITDA to Cumulative Operating Cash Flow Analysis
- October 14, 2022
A key procedure in our work preparing Quality of Earnings (“QoE”) reports is to chart cumulative EBITDA against cumulative operating cash flows. The aim of this procedure is to provide quick insight into the accrual’s ratio of a business, which is a measurement of...
- Toronto Chapter Webinar – Advanced Cap Table Modeling in Excel
- October 5, 2022
- October 5, 2022
Event Description: Sapling is excited to announce that our very own, Benjamin Corbett, will be presenting at the FEI Canada Toronto Chapter Webinar — Advanced Cap Table Modeling in Excel, on October 5th, 2022 at 12PM. Capitalization tables are a necessary component of the...
- Cap Table Modelling Advanced Features: Exit Analysis
- September 29, 2022
Introduction Capitalization tables are a necessary component of the financing/investment process for both founders and investors. For founders and previous shareholders, cap tables identify the effect on ownership of new capital raised, for investors, cap tables show what they are getting for what they...
- Q4 North American M&A Market Outlook
- September 19, 2022
At the start of 2022, dealmakers expected the M&A market to thrive after overcoming the economic issues created by COVID during 2020 and 2021. In fact, 2022 has been affected by various geopolitical issues such as the Russia-Ukraine war, supply chain challenges and rising...